WHAT YOU MUST KNOW ABOUT FASHION INDUSTRY?
Do you want to venture into fashion industry? But, do you know how it works? Fashion designing is an art that requires lots of creative thinking as well as unique skills. Today to be a good fashion designer, not only you must be excellent in creativity but also in marketing to be able to sell your products. One of the other assets to be successful in fashion design industry is to be passionate about your work. It would bring you pleasure and leisure instead of hectic.
Therefore, if you want to be an expert in fashion designing, you will have to be patient and to pay attention to details. For that reason, they normally attempt to design clothes that are functional and at the same time pleasing to the eye. Continue reading
PROTECTION OF THE LUXURY TOURISM
The French capital has a reputation among many of the 30 million annual tourists for being dangerous, but new figures released on Wednesday show crime against visitors is actually falling. Pickpockets at the Louvre, scammers in Montmartre and bag snatchers on the RER trains have all been the plague of tourists visiting Paris, but new figures released on Wednesday offered some good news for visitors.
After several high profile incidents, Paris police chiefs have been under pressure to deal with crime against tourists and new measures. On Wednesday the police in the capital released the latest crime data, with the key numbers as follows: In the first nine months of 2014 violent thefts against tourists dropped by 8 percent at key tourist sites in the city compared to the same period in 2013 Continue reading
KRIS VAN ASSCHE IN PARENTHESE
Kris Van Assches, the Belgian designer who has been the artistic director of Dior since 2007, has just announced that he need a break and will take some distance to think on how he could best develop his brand in the future. In the meantimes he will focus on Dior, “while awaiting the right project for his label”. He will thus be one of the absent at the next collection in Paris.
A graduate of Antwerp’s Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Van Assche left his native Belgium to move to Paris in 1998. He launched his own label in 2005, after Continue reading
FRENCH EXPERTISE CONNEXIONS
Today Vestiaire Collective as well as dozen of other websites selling secondhand goods, have to authentified about 10 000 items a day. Therefore they need more and more Experts to make sure that the products they are buying and selling are real one.
For example the Expert, to authentify an Hermès bag, will look at the purse’s silver clasp and the Tic Tac size metal plate bolted into the lining.
At Vestiaire Collective, the buttery brown bag was the 100th or so hunk of Hermès to cross her desk that day. An authentic Hermès bag can fetch upward of $15,000 on the site. Continue reading
ALAÏA GRANDMOTHER
Azzedine Alaïa is launching its very first perfume, for women, called Alaïa Paris. The fragrance has been created under license with Beauté Prestige International (BPI).
Created by Marie Salamagne from Firmenich, the scent is based on a memory from the designer’s childhood: her grandmother throwing cold water on the sun-scorched walls in Tunisia. Alaïa Paris thus plays with contrasts, offering a cool note with a pink peppercorn blend and at the same time some more wild touches, like musk.
The bottle, designed by Martin Szekely, plays tribute to the fashion house. The black, subtly transparent bottle dons rose-coloured letters, two colours that are synonymous with the brand’s collections. The embossed Alaïa design, emblematic of the house, and the cap in the shape of a spool of thread are further marks of its DNA. Continue reading
ROBERTO CAVALLI
DAMIEN DUFRESNE
Damien Dufresne chose MakeUp in Paris to present “Skin”, his new book dedicated to make-up published by Editions Assouline. Indeed, I did the make-up, the photos and surrounded myself with a team of true professionals. Three years ago, on the first edition of MakeUp in Paris at the Espace Pierre Cardin, I decided to make those pictures by myself.
At first it was like a game, a sort of challenge and gradually I started liking it. You know, as a make-up artist and Art Director, I have always been next to the photographer and gradually the desire came to me to play this role too. It is legitimate at some time, I think, to want to go to the other side of the camera.
I have basically a passion for this job and this passion hasn’t withered, on the contrary; the photos that I take are before all make-up photos, photos of my make-up. Continue reading
BRITISH LOW
The British company, Burberry, lowered its 2016 earnings forecast by 40 million pounds ($62 million). Since 2009, it is the first time that its adjusted pretax profits fell by one percent because of exchange rate issues. (Ignoring those, profits rose by 7 percent.) Stock in Burberry fell 6 percent upon the news, its steepest decline since Oct. 2014.
Product-wise, Burberry, the newly introduced range of cashmere scarves was particularly successful. As always, trench coats were a top seller over the past year. However, this time Burberry has decided to simplify its trench coat and to offer only three fits and three colors to “reconnect the customer” to the style, as Bailey indicated in a webcast on Wednesday. Continue reading
FUR IS BACK
NEGLIGEE
Last week Britney Spears thrilled the world by announcing her plans to launch a line of lingerie. The pop icon even modeled her merchandise in a sexy snap, which she posted on Twitter with the message: “Coming very soon… The Intimate Collection, by yours truly.” Victoria’s Secret immediately shut up shop because, well, game over.
Today (July 28), the 32-year-old shared another ravishing promo pic from “The Intimate Collection”. The “Work Bitch” diva models a white lace bra with rose detail against the softest mood lightingthis side of Mariah Carey‘s make-up trailer. She looks pretty but almost Continue reading
UNSTUDIO for UNITED NUDE
BEN VAN BERKEL / UNSTUDIO for UNITED NUDE is working on a project of re-inventing the shoes. Thanks to the 3D printing, he is pushing the boundaries by creating a new type of shoes in a hard Nylon and all-new soft Rubber material. Each shoe will be available as up to 50 pair limited edition.
Ben van Berkel stated that “with the design for UNX2, we wanted todress the foot in such a way as to make its form partially visible, to highlight the mechanics of the foot and the visual effects that can be created by the shoe in motion.
We were particularly interested in the kinds of images the shoe could create, both when static and when in motion. When the wearer is still, the curve of the foot can be glimpsed within the shoe and the dynamics of movement are suggested by the curving vertical ribbons that envelop it. Continue reading
FRANCK SORBIER
Franck Sorbier, in his constant conceptual research on the future of Haute Couture and luxury, maintains his strategy in a post-apocalyptic area. He maintains himself the whole values of Haute Couture in this world, to keep the fundaments than others try to erase and to level down the profession in order to be able to raise themselves by a mechanical effect.
We are not at the limit of poetry but we are in pure poetry; a fashion concept looking like a Manet or a Van Gogh. More specifically a moment to forget this world so unfair.
Beautiful Memories are also the quintessence of fashion. And as Camus used to say, “the way you name things, can add to the misery of the world.” Is not it, Mr. Wargnier?
THE NEXT 2015-2016 WINTER FRANCK SORBIER HAUTE COUTURE WEDNESDAY? 8 TH OF JULY.
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RED LIKE LOVE
Ruby set a world record at auction last Tuesday in Geneva. It was sold 30.33 million dollars by Sotheby’s. The auction house Sotheby’s offered the Burmese ruby 25.59 carats, a deemed extraordinary size for a ruby. The color “pigeon blood” of this stone, called “Ruby Sunrise” remains the most sought after of all. Mounted on a Cartier ring, this ruby was estimated between 12 and 18 million dollars. This is a record price for a ruby but also a record price for a Cartier jewel in an auction, Sotheby’s said.
At that same auction, it was also sold a unique pink diamond of 8.72 carats to have belonged to the niece of Napoleon 1st was sold $ 15.9 million. Continue reading
BOTEGA VENETA
THE UNLUXE KARDA
Kim Kardashian launched a new line of clothing in Brazil. She hoped to win over women in a land where voluptuousness is often celebrated !!! She said at an event in Sao Paulo that her “simple and sexy” range of clothing aimed to reflect her own tastes and comprised clothes she would wear herself.
“I wanted to show the Brazilian woman and her curves,” the star of “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” said as she unveiled the Kim Kardashian West collection for retail chain C&A, which has a strong presence in Brazil.
“In USA we have different opinions, different styles, and this was all me, so I could do whatever I wanted. I just went with everything I felt that I would really wear,” said Kardashian. Kardashian said she had worked hard to create a “simple and sexy” elastic range which can “adapt to any body type.” Continue reading
VUITTON PALM SPRINGS 2016
MARINIERE
In the 20’s, the Marinière or nautical style originally became popular thanks to Coco Chanel who turned it into a true fashion style shortly after, when she teamed the famous striped top with men’s pants or pants-and-blazer suits. Again in 1956, the fresh, playful and sensuous actress, Brigitte Bardot was wearing a stripped T-shirt on the set of Naughty Girl by Michel Boisrond.
In 1962, we see the same top on the silver screen in Jules and Jim by François Truffaut, as worn by Jeanne Moreau. From its initial popularity to that moment, lots of celebrities had embraced nautical style. Grace Kelly, Audrey Hepburn, Jane Birkin,Edie Sedgwick and Marilyn Monroe.But let’s focus on present time. This timeless trend is much loved also by today’s celebs who interpret it every time according to new trends and to their individual style. Continue reading
LILLY SARTI
ULYANA SERGEENKO
The former model went through studying philosophy, launched its own brand in 2011 and installed her fashion house in Moscow.
She has developed a sophisticated Haute Couture style though quite retro. She probably is the most promising Russian fashion designer. Her origins are her trademark. She draws her inspiration from the russian culture, mixing ancestral traditions and the newest inspirations from Soviet Union, which sweetened her childhood with at the forefront the influence of her grandmother who was recognised for her very occidental glamourous chic style.
She rewrites through his creations, the great Russian history highlighting the outstanding work of the craftpeople of the region as well as the disappearing traditional skills and know-how. Continue reading
WELCOME TO ALMATY FASHION WEEK
Almaty is the largest city in Kazakhstan with a population of 1,421,868, it is certainly a hustling and bustling place to be. It also used to be the former capital of the country, until 1997 when it moved to Astana.
Almaty is still the centre of commerce for Kazakhstan, with the stock exchange and largest banks located there including Kazkommertsbank, which is the largest bank in Kazakhstan, and one of the largest players in Central Asia. The Stock exchange is the largest in Central Asia and is responsible for a large proportion of the Countries economy. Plans are being developed to increase substantially the financial facilities, and currently under construction is ‘Almaty Financial District and Esentai Park.
Almaty literally means ‘city of apple trees’, and, because of its relatively mild climate, it has a wide range of apple trees. The Almaty area is said to be the genetic home for many varieties of apples and the area is often visited by researchers and scientists from around the world, in order to learn more about the complex systems of genetics, and also to discover the true beginnings of the Continue reading
FREE PROFIT FOR MISS DIOR
The creative genius of Christian Dior spans the decades. A by-word for Avant-Garde and new beginnings, Dior today denotes a new take on femininity and a particular definition of elegance, at once simple and sophisticated, and always ahead of its time.
In 1947, Christian Dior begins to rewrite all the rules of elegance and creates a new, sensual figure: The New Look. “Make me a perfume that is the fragrance of love.” With these ambitious terms in mind, he formulated his desire to create the perfume that would add the finishing touch to his designs, a perfume embodying all Dior’s signature hallmarks: Miss Dior. Continue reading
